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CLASS NOTES
Michael Hausig Sam Marateck is a faculty member at the Courant Institute of Math at NYU. Sam holds a Ph.D. in physics. This year, he was one of the recipients of the NYU Golden Dozen award for excellence in teaching. Stuart Newman and his wife, Joyce, celebrated the arrival of their first grandchild, Jacqueline Rose, born to their son, Steve ’87E, and his wife, Cindy. Stuart is fairly certain that she will attend Columbia. Jim Ammeens’s company, Neema Clothing Ltd., has entered into a strategic alliance with Peerless Clothing, Inc., combining Peerless’ production capabilities in North America with the worldwide sourcing network of Neema. Jim continues as CEO of Neema and will assume the newly created position of chairman and CEO of Peerless Clothing International. Neema Clothing was created in 1991 by Jim through his acquisition of Sportsclothes, Ltd., a 50-year-old manufacturer of clothing with established production facilities in the Far East. He has since developed the company into a highly successful men’s clothing company with worldwide sourcing for Neema’s private label and branded programs. Marty Kaplan, after practicing law at Hale and Dorr in Boston for 37 years, has relocated to its New York office. He and wife, Wendy, are delighted to be nearer to three of their children (all Columbia graduates), Marty’s daughter, Shira ’89, married to Eric Kahan and expecting their first child; and Wendy’s sons David Tompkins ’94, married to Belinda Horton, Barnard ’93; and Andrew Tompkins ’98. Marty’s son, Jonathan, who lives in Washington D.C., is married to Jill Watkins. They have produced the first grandson, Harry. Marty’s other son, Benjamin, lives in San Francisco. Marty serves as a trustee of two foundations as a major part of his practice. Wendy is an independent art curator, currently organizing a major touring exhibition of contemporary Danish ceramics.
Ed Pressman
Sidney P. Kadish Our hearts still cry over the wanton destruction and loss of innocent life on September 11. While Columbia has informed us about losses incurred as an entire institutional family, I think that we should learn as a class about any and all losses we may have sustained. In addition, I would solicit, as your faithful correspondent, your individual stories and personal anecdotes regarding the tragedy and its aftermath. You may write or e-mail to the addresses printed above or call me at (781) 744-8780 during the day and (617) 969-7548 in the evening. I look forward to receiving your material and will faithfully reprint it in this space in subsequent issues. As I write this, the crisp fall air and the falling brightly colored leaves remind me of the passing of the seasons, and the imminent arrival of Thanksgiving. Despite our losses, I hope you counted your blessings and enjoyed the holiday season.
Norman Olch October’s Homecoming was a welcome reprieve from the gloom and anxiety that descended on New York City after September 11. I noted the following in attendance: Howard Jacobson, deputy general counsel of the University, whose son Josh is now in kindergarten; Steve Singer, sporting a Columbia College tote bag, who reported on a dinner a few weeks before with Larry Kessler, professor of law at Hofstra; Al Butts, John Cirigliano, Jim McGroarty and Joe O’Donnell, all of whom attended the Homecoming football luncheon; Ed Leavy; Jonathan Cole, provost of the University; Bob Nash, who is retired and living in Newton, Conn.; and Kevin DeMarrais. Kevin, a business writer at the New Jersey Record, recently received awards from two journalists’ organizations for the top business story of the year in New Jersey, an in-depth analysis of the supermarket industry in that state. If you attended, and I missed you, please forgive me and write so I can put you in the next column. Joel Abramson writes that on September 11 he arrived at court in Queens and learned from a court officer that “the World Trade Center is no longer part of the New York skyline” Joel has a law office in Manhattan, is a grandfather, and since 1996 has been president of Likud USA, the United States branch of the Likud party in Israel. Peter Machamer, a professor of history and the philosophy of science at the University of Pittsburgh, is co-editor of Scientific Controversies: Philosophical and Historical Perspectives (Oxford University Press, 2000). Finally, Allen Goldberg writes that the events of September 11 renewed his pride in the courage and commitment of his father, a New York City fireman who was injured during our freshman year fighting a fire in Brooklyn and awoke after two weeks in a coma, permanently disabled. Allen, professor of pediatrics at Loyola University Chicago, has taken a year off to “give back” for his life’s blessings. He is working with his mentor, the former Surgeon General E. Everett Koop, to return the medical profession to its humanitarian traditions. He welcomes inquiries at www.chestnut.org. Best wishes for a healthy and safe year to all our classmates and their loved ones.
Leonard B. Pack Terrorists notwithstanding, your correspondent had a Class of ’65 Day one recent autumn Saturday in New York City. It was a getting-errands-done kind of day. On my way to a prominent West Side appetizing shop, I ran into Allen Brill and his wife, Irene, and we had a good chat. Then, loaded with groceries, I headed to midtown to pick up a coat at a leather tailor. While leaning over the counter, I was smothered by a powerful, surprise bear-hug. It was Doug Barnert, who was getting some luggage repaired that he’d beaten up on a recent business trip to London. Doug, whose Vassar-attending son was in his car outside, insisted on driving me home with my coat and groceries. Then I went to a bookstore to get something on the now necessary-to-know history of the Middle East (which I’d not studied at Columbia despite CC and Oriental Civ). While ascending on the up escalator, I greeted David Denby, who was passing on the down escalator. Didn’t find out what books he’d just selected, though. Life goes on, with our classmates a part of it. Please share how you’re living and coping, too. Derek Wittner reports that he heard from a number of classmates in the aftermath of September 11 who were concerned about Columbia and alumni who may have been affected. Among them: Ed Merlis checked in from Washington, D.C., where he continues to work for the FAA, and Ralph Freidin, who practices internal medicine and whose daughter, Liz ’00, lives in Brooklyn.
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